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Th Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea | 
 enlarge | Creator: Guy Billout
Publisher: Creative Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 59857
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 29
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1568461887
EAN: 9781568461885
ASIN: 1568461887
Publication Date: August 31, 2007
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Product Description
A timid frog, a small pond, and a big dream combine to form a modern fairy tale. A curious frog named Alice looks for an adventure and a better understanding of the big world.
Driven by curiosity, a small frog named Alice overcomes her natural timidity and ventures away from her home pond to seek the great sea, encountering many wonders along the way.
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 Great illustrations, story is just ok October 8, 2008
I bought this book for my two daughters, age 3 and 5. The drawings are superb, very elegantly and imaginatively rendered. We were slightly disappointed by the story. It starts out well enough, the frog's desire to leave her little world behind had us all turning the pages, but the conclusion is not at all satisfying. Without getting too specific, the ending relies on a "magic moment" that falls flat. And it became hard for my girls to identify with the frog and her journey, when it all dissolved into a kind of magical non-realism. I think it would have been much stronger if the author had stuck to a more naturalistic ending, and imparted some real-life lesson or wisdom at the end of the journey. After a few readings, the girls have rarely asked me to get the book off the shelf. As much as we all love the pictures, the story failed to capture any of our imaginations.
 The striking illustrations vividly contrast light, shadow, and perspective in this wondrous tale of discovery. December 3, 2007
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
"The New Yorker" illustrator Guy Billout presents his latest children's picturebook, The Frog who Wanted to See the Sea, about a timid little frog named Alice with a grand dream, who dares to venture from her comfortable, humdrum pond in her quest to see the sea for herself. Her journey will lead her to bigger and bigger bodies of water, and introduce her to unusual friends - including the mysterious reflection of the moon. The striking illustrations vividly contrast light, shadow, and perspective in this wondrous tale of discovery.
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